Old Beijing American Fried Chicken Legs

Overview

American-style fried chicken, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, is a non-traditional snack in old Beijing decades ago. It is an improved version of American-style fried chicken. It is also very simple to make at home!

Tags

• hot dishes
• aniseed
• chicken legs
• cinnamon
• cooking wine
• flour
• honey
• light soy sauce
• msg
• nutmeg
• onions
• soybean oil
• sugar
• zanthoxylum bungeanum
• ginger

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash the chicken legs and cut them with a knife along the bones.

   

2. 2 Marinate the modified chicken legs with cinnamon and fennel powder, light soy sauce, cooking wine, salt, etc. for 3 hours

   

3. 3 Then coat the marinated chicken legs in flour and fry them in oil at over 170 degrees Celsius for 12 minutes.

   

4. 4 The fried chicken legs are golden and slightly red, with crispy skin and fresh and tender meat.